Australian pilot among 12 people killed in Papua New Guinea plane crash

By Megan Levy

An Australian pilot was among 12 people killed when a light plane crashed into a swamp while landing at an airport in Papua New Guinea, authorities have confirmed.

Friends are paying tribute to former Sydney man Benjamin Picard, 31, who was flying the plane when it crashed about one kilometre short of the runway at Kiunga in Papua New Guinea's Western Province on Wednesday afternoon.